British Policies
A tax on printed documents.
What was the Stamp Act?
Refusal to purchase goods as part of a protest
What is a Boycott?
Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
A citizen-based fighting force that was used before the Continental Army had been created.
What is a militia?
Soldiers who had to be ready to fight at the drop of a hat.
Who were minutemen?
A tax on paper, lead, tea, paint and sugar.
What were the Townshend Acts?
A human likeness of a person, created to be burned or hung as a protest.
What is an effigy?
The first person to be killed at the Boston Massacre - often regarded as the first casualty of the Revolution.
Who was Crispus Attucks?
The opening battle of the Revolution, where colonists attempted to defend their secret weapon stash from confiscation by British troops.
What was Lexington and Concord?
The colonial slogan developed to speak against unfair taxation.
What was "no taxation without representation?"
British troops had to be housed and fed by the colonists.
What was the Quartering Act?
Misinformation spread intentionally to increase support for a political view. Example: Boston Massacre Print by Paul Revere.
What is propaganda?
The creator of the Boston Massacre print that was widely circulated throughout the colonies, as well as a midnight rider.
Who was Paul Revere?
The conflict fought by Britain for the Ohio Valley.
What was the French and Indian War?
A group of patriots who took often violent or destructive action against British policies.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
A policy that kept colonists from moving into the Ohio River Valley after the French and Indian War.
What was the Proclamation Line of 1763?
To secretly import illegal goods.
What is smuggling?
Famous patriot speaker who said "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Who was Patrick Henry?
The final battle of the war where Britain surrendered.
What was Yorktown?
General search warrants that British troops could use to search colonists without any real reason.
What were Writs of Assistance?
British policy that reminded the colonists that Britain had complete and total authority over them to make and enforce laws.
What was the Declaratory Act?
An agreement made by Boston merchants to refuse to sell British goods as a protest.
What were the Boston Non-Importation Agreements?
The author of such patriotic works as "Common Sense" and "The American Crisis".
Who is Thomas Paine?
The conflict with Native Americans that colonists had when moving into the Ohio Valley after the French and Indian War. It led to Britain issuing the Proclamation of 1763.
What was Pontiac's War?
Britain shut down Boston Harbor until all the tea from the Boston Tea Party had been paid for.
What were the Intolerable Acts?